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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Manually Executing Backup</h1>
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   <p>If you want to perform a backup immediately, you can manually perform the backup.</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4>
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     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792502890__en-us_topic_0000001839142277_li1179163118565">Before the backup, you need to ensure that the pexpect package has been installed on the agent host and install pexpect 3.2. For details, see "Installing pexpect" in the <em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792502890__en-us_topic_0000001839142277_i11370355124518">ProtectAgent installation guide</em>.</li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792502890__en-us_topic_0000001839142277_li370514178553">Before the backup, you need to ensure that GBase 8a databases are running properly and the network connection of each node in the cluster is normal.</li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792502890__en-us_topic_0000001839142277_li343514345517">During the backup, the passwords of the GBase 8a agent host and database users cannot be changed.</li>
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     <li>During the execution of a manual backup job, parameters (except <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Automatic Retry</strong></span></b></span>) defined in the SLA, such as <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Rate Limiting Policies</strong></span></b></span>, <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Job Failure Alarm</strong></span></b></span>, and <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Source Deduplication</strong></span></b></span>, take effect.</li>
     <li>If a replication or archive policy has been defined in the SLA, the system will perform replication or archiving once based on the SLA when you perform manual backup.</li>
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     <li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792502890__en-us_topic_0000001839142185_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol33821026133719"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792502890__en-us_topic_0000001839142185_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text538292610378"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; Databases &gt; General Databases</b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>In the row that contains the database to be backed up, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></b></span>.</span><p></p>
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        <p>You can select multiple resources to perform manual backup in batches. Select multiple resources and choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></b></span>.</p>
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     <li><span>Set the name of the copy generated through manual backup.</span><p></p><p>If this parameter is left empty, the system sets the name to <strong>backup_</strong><em>Timestamp</em> by default.</p> <p></p></li>
     <li><span>Select a protection policy, which can be <span><strong>Full backup</strong></span> or <span><strong>Incremental backup</strong></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li>
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